This week on Earth Eclectic Radio Hour, host Bart Everson presents “Earth’s Chorus: 2025 in Review,” a celebration of eco-conscious music released throughout the year that hasn’t yet graced our airwaves. The journey begins in Minnesota with Timothy Frantzich & Zoe Kuester’s contemplative “Do You Want to Be Well?” and Xander Muxic’s Ojibwe-titled “Gakina Gegoo” (“everything”), before traveling through children’s music encouraging tree-planting and folk reflections on our planetary perspective. The first set traverses Spain with HAFA Afrosweet’s grounding “Pegada a la Tierra,” visits Ireland for Laura McCarthy’s forest-bathing “Shinrin-yoku,” and concludes with ambient dreamscapes from Japan and Poland. After a brief pause, we dive beneath Greek waters with Areti Tuser’s “Coral reefs,” flow alongside Clarelynn Rose’s “Salmon Creek Run,” and experience Lithuanian experimental trio Port Mone’s “Salt Water.” The journey concludes with German ambient artist Lars Tellmann’s meditation on Japanese “komorebi” (sunlight filtering through leaves) and Pennsylvania metal band Nychthemeral’s awakening “The Dreaming Earth Awakes.” As 2025 draws to a close, this collection of voices—all new to Earth Eclectic’s airwaves—demonstrates how ecological consciousness continues to flourish across musical cultures, offering hope for our collective relationship with the living planet.

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As Earth Eclectic continues to expand its reach to new stations, this episode demonstrates why this project matters — we’re tracking nothing less than the emergence of a global musical consciousness attuned to our planetary home.

Bonus: Check out this video of a community choir performing “Do You Want to Be Well?”

About the photo: “Earth Cake” depicts the cake Bart made for his daughter’s birthday. It symbolizes how all nourishment comes from Earth, the sweet experience of our planetary home, the care and creativity that goes into both parenthood and ecological consciousness, as well as the intergenerational aspect of environmental care.